Phospholipid product containing equal amounts of phosphatidylserine and phosphatidic acid: authorised novel food in the EU
Phospholipid product containing equal amounts of phosphatidylserine and phosphatidic acid is on the Union list of authorised novel foods (Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470). Conditions of use and maximum levels by food category: 9 entries, quoted below.
- Regulation
- Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470, Annex, Table 1
- Listed as
- Phospholipid product containing equal amounts of phosphatidylserine and phosphatidic acid
- Text version
- Consolidated text of 10 August 2026
- Version
- Consolidated text of 10 August 2026
- Official source
- Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470, Annex, Union list of novel foods
Conditions of use and maximum levels
Table 1, column "Conditions under which the novel food may be used", as written:
- Breakfast cereals: 80 mg/100 g
- Cereal bars: 350 mg/100 g
- Foods based on yogurt: 80 mg/100 g
- Soy-based yogurt-like products: 80 mg/100 g
- Yogurt based-drinks: 50 mg/100 g
- Soy-based yogurt-like drinks: 50 mg/100 g
- Powders based on milk powder: 3,5 g/100 g (equivalent to 40 mg/100 ml ready-to drink)
- Food Supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC: 800 mg/day
- Foods for special medical purposes as defined in Regulation (EU) No 609/2013: In compliance with Regulation (EU) No 609/2013
Additional specific labelling requirements
The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing shall be ‘Soy phosphatidylserine and phosphatidic acid’
Other requirements
The product is not intended to be marketed to pregnant or breast-feeding women
Specification (Table 2)
Table 2 of the Annex, row with the same name, as written:
Description/Definition:
The product is manufactured through enzymatic conversion of soy lecithin. The phospholipid product is a highly concentrated, yellow-brown powder form of phosphatidylserine and phosphatidic acid at an equal level.
Specification of the product:
Moisture: ≤ 2,0 %
Total phospholipids: ≥ 70 %
Phosphatidylserine: ≥ 20 %
Phosphatidic acid: ≥ 20 %
Glycerides: ≤ 1,0 %
Free L-serine: ≤ 1,0 %
Tocopherols: ≤ 0,3 %
Phytosterols: ≤ 2,0 %
Silicon dioxide is used with a maximum content of 1,0 %
Source and version
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470, Annex, Union list of novel foods, Table 1. Consolidated text of 10 August 2026. The text above is copied from that document without change except that amendment markers are removed. It is not advice and it does not decide whether a particular product is covered.
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